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From: Michael Williamson <WHE_WILLIAM@FLO.ORG>
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Subj: Re[2]: ``FREE WILLY'' WHALE TO START OWN TREK TO FREEDOM
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From: "William P. (Bill) Russell" <brussell@harborside.com>
Subject: Re[2]: ``FREE WILLY'' WHALE TO START OWN TREK TO FREEDOM
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At 07:47 PM 1/6/96 -0500, rbaird and/or DLFNDR@aol.com wrote:
>I'm very curious as to the opinions of MARMAMers on this situation. Does
>anyone really feel that Keiko has any reasonable chance of surviving if and
>when he is returned to the wild? And what are the real odds of being able to
>locate his original family group. etc? Personally I'm skeptical, and I wonder
>if Keiko wouldn't be better off just remaining in Oregon, and have the money
>spent on finding him a companion from Orcas already in captivity.
>
I'm certainly no expert, but as a member of the Oregon Coast Aquarium I feel
that a return to the wild MUST be the long term goal. I concur with what I
think is the implication of this post, that chance of surviving is very low
in the short term. But in the long term: who REALLY knows? I feel that
that we must try to rehabilitate him and do all we can to prepare him for
release. This preparation may well include trying to find him a mate.
Eight or ten or twenty years from now we will be in a position to answer the
question being asked.
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